argumentar
Portuguese, verb/aʁ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
argumentar is spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argumentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to debate; to argue (put forth arguments)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “usar argumentação para sustentar uma opinião”.
What does argumentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to debate; to argue (put forth arguments)
Argumentara contra a lei proposta.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. usar argumentação para sustentar uma opinião: 2. discutir; alegar: 3. rebater; impugnar:
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of argumentar
- argumento first-person present singular
- argumentei first-person preterite singular
- argumentado participle past
- argumentares infinitive second-person singular
- argumentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- argumentardes infinitive plural second-person
- argumentarem infinitive plural third-person
- argumentando gerund
- argumentados masculine participle past
- argumentada feminine participle past
- argumentadas feminine participle past
- argumentas indicative present second-person
- argumenta indicative present singular
- argumentamos first-person indicative plural
- argumentais indicative plural present
- argumentam indicative plural present
- argumentava first-person imperfect indicative
- argumentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argumentar?
- Brazil /aʁ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aɦ.ɡu.mẽˈta(h)]
- /aɾ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to argumentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is argumentar in Portuguese?
argumentar appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).